Dampening roll for presses



Sept. 6, 1932. c. o. REEPS 1,875,324

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Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES-PATENT CHARLES O. KEEPS, DECEASED,LATE OFfWAU KEG- AN, ILIZTNOIS, BYKHARRIETTE ESTELLE KEEPS, EXECUTRIX,OF WAUKEGAN,IILLINOTS,ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL LAUNDRY MACHINERY COIvIPANY,INGI, TION OF DELAWARE v on SYRACUSE, new YORK, Anon-nonn- DAMPENINGROLL FOR PRESSES Application filed January 2,;1930. serial No. 415,116.

This invention relates to dampening means for ironing presses and moreparticularly to a dampening attachment for use with ironing press-esincluding a spring operated roll hav ing a sheet of dampening materialthereon adapted to be unwound from the roll and projected on top of thestationary buck of the ironing press.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensiveattachment for ironing presses adapted to be used in the dampening ofarticles upon the stationary buck of a press.

Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will more fully appearfrom the following detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings which illustrate a single embodiment thereof andin which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press showing the novel dampeningattachment in section. applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a plan View of the press and the attachment connectedthereto Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view drawn to an enlargedscale of the dampening attachment.

On the drawings:

The reference character 10 designates generally an ironing press ofconventional con struction including a stationary ironing buck 11supported upon a base 12 and a movable ironing head 13 cooper-able withthe station ary buck and pivotally supported by the base 12. I

The stationary buck 11 has the usual padding 14 disposed thereon onwhich an article to be ironed is adapted to be placed.

Suitably attached tothe base 12 is a lateral extension 15 on whichiscarried the novel dampening attachment designated by the referencecharacter 16. This attachment 16 is supported upon the extension 15 bymeans of a pair of spaced vertical plates 1717. The attachment comprisesa container 18 adapted to hold a body of fluid preferably water 19 andto which are connected inlet and outlet pipes 20 and 21. The inlet'pipe20 has connected to it a valve 22 for'controlling the flow of fluid orwater through this pipe into the container 18. Thehoiiiemaifi g-be 5 theinlet pipe'2O is disposedin theupper part p "of the container 18 anddirectly'over'a roller 23' which is'o'f" the shadefroller type and issuitably supported at its [ends in brackets 24 and 25 secured tothesidesof the c ontainer 18f" The roller 23 and the'brackets and 25 areillustrated as being of the same! construction as the roller andbrackets used in .window shades. Also the roller "23 ha's'dispo sedinside of it the usual shade roller spring 26 adapted to automaticallywind up a sheet 27 attached at one end to the roller 23. The free end ofthe sheet as shown in Figure 2 has secured to it a ring or head 28 bymeans which the shade may be manually unwound from the roll 23 toproject the sheet across the article on the ironing buck 11 when thehead 13 is in its elevated or opened position.

The'pipe 20 shown in Figure 1 has its underside provided with aplurality of per forations 29 through which water is adapted to passdirectly on to the top of the'sheet 27 as it is unwound from the roll23. The vertical leg of the outlet pipe 21 extends up to the roll 23 asshown in Figure 1 and is adapted to carry away the excess fluiddischarged in to the container 18. This vertical leg of the pipe 21, asbest shown in Figure 3,

is preferably disposed in th middle of the so container 18. Also, itwill be noted that the container 18 is provided with a removable top orcover 30 for permitting of access to the roll and sheet thereon.

The sheet 27 may be made of any suitable moisture absorbing materialsuch, for eX- ample, as cloth or the like, and is adapted to beprojectedbetween the ironing members for the purpose of moistening thearticle to be ironed. Also, this sheet 27 may be left be- 0 tween theironing members on top of the article during the ironing operation if itis so desired, or, on the other hand, it may be moved quickly across thearticle to moisten the article to a slight degree and then the operatormay, by exerting a slight pull on] the ring 28, cause the sheet to bewound up on the spring roller 23 in the, same way that a window shade iswound up on its roller.

It is desired tobeunderstood that although there is illustrated anddescribed in detail J the preferred embodiment of the invention, theinvention is not to be thus limited but only insofar as defined by thescope and spirit 5 of the appended claim.

7 What is claimed is:

-The combination with an ironing buck, of a dampening attachmenttherefor comprising a trough supported at one end of the buck, 10 aspring roller mounted within said trough with its axis at right anglesto the longitudinal axis of the buck, a sheet of absorbent materialwound on said roller to be unrolled therefrom and extended across thetop of the buck longitudinally thereof, a spray pipe within the troughfor moistening the sheet as it is withdrawn from the roller, and a drainpipe for said trough for maintaining a constant level of water therein.

29 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago,Cook county,

Illinois, this 13 day of December, 1929.

HARRIETTE ESTELLE REEPS,

Emeeutfiw of Charles 0. Beeps, Deceased.

